CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2012
| Author | Alexandru, Claudia Monica |
|---|---|
| Title | Europeanization in the Central and Eastern European New EU Member States: A Strategic Approach to Development Cooperation |
| Summary | This thesis is concerned with the study of development cooperation policies of the Central and Eastern European countries which joined the European Union in 2004/2007. The existing literature fails to provide enough attention to the strategic approach of the development cooperation policies in the new member states, wrongfully assuming a similar starting point at strategic level for the ten countries. Focusing my argumentation within the framework of Europeanization, the main question I address is how development cooperation strategies of the new CEE EU member states reflect the transposition of European “soft” norms at national level. The main method employed is the analysis of primary strategic documents of the new CEE EU member states. The analysis identifies a series of inconsistencies in terms of the way and level to which the “soft” norms were integrated. It confirms, however, the superficiality of the process of Europeanization in the case of development assistance, and identifies the distinction between the existing assumptions regarding new member states’ commitments and their own understanding regarding their own engagements. Addressing the problem of Europeanization it underlines the close link between the level of Europeanization and the nature of the norms it aspires to promote. |
| Supervisor | Péter Balázs |
| Department | International Relations MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2012/alexandru_claudia.pdf |
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